A new method of normal approximation (Q941307)
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A new method of normal approximation (English)
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4 September 2008
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The author uses a new variant of Stein's method to show that a large class of normal approximation problems reduce to a variance bounding exercise. Examples include quadratic forms, an occupancy problem, coverage processes, and a central limit theorem for nearest-neighbor statistics.
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central limit theorem
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Stein's method
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nearest neighbors
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coverage processes
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quadratic forms
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occupancy problems
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